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Posted by BootNic on 12/12/06 18:38
> Christoph <jcboget@yahoo.com> wrote:
> news: LLednTBFFPL2ROPYnZ2dnUVZ_oytnZ2d@cavtel.net
>> Does the actual page contain the same errors that this sample does?
>
> No. :) That was just the basic structure.
>
>> Post a URL not snippets of code, how do we know whether what you
>> describe is due to the errors we can see or something elsewhere in
>> your HTML or CSS. From the above we can't even see if you're
>> triggering quirks mode or standards mode.
>
> Fair enough. My apologies.
>
>>> When tabbing between form elements, it focus doesn't actually go to
>>> the next/previous element.
>> In which browsers?
>
> Firefox 1.5. I don't get the same problem in IE7. I do have different
> problems in IE7 but I know why that is.
>
>>> What's happening is that focus is going to the div.
>> Or perhaps, to the label?
>
> No, definitely the div. As a test, I put normal borders around both
> and when I tab, I see the 'focus' border (for the want of a better
> description) matches that of the div border.
>
>>> BODY { tab-index: none; }
>> The tab-index property in CSS 3 is not yet widely supported by
>> browsers and should not be relied on. none is not an allowed value
>> for it anyway.
>
> Ok.
>
>>> How can I make it so that the DIVs are not given focus in the form?
>>> That only the actual form elements get focus when tabbed to/from?
>> Show us the actual code.
>> With the code corrected (adding required attributes and elements,
>> fixing broken label elements) I don't get the behaviour you desribe
>> in IE7, FireFox 1.5 or Opera 9.
>
> I do think that the problem lay somewhere in my CSS. If I take that
> out, I don't experience the problem. But for the life of me, I can't
> figure out *where* in my CSS that is the root of the problem.
>
> You can see the page here:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/jcboget/communal_haven/edit.htm
>
> Just click in the 'Name' form element field and hit the [TAB] key.
Look to see if you have the div's overflow set to auto, if you do
remove the overflow auto or set it to another value such as hidden or
visible.
If I recall correctly, in firefox and seamonkey setting a div overflow to
auto makes it where you can tab to it.
--
BootNic Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:37 PM
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
*Albert Einstein *
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